Museum · Coalville · Leicestershire

Snibston Colliery Park

Snibston Colliery Park is a history museum. Within the built-up area of Coalville, it is one of the places to visit. Around it, within 15 km, lie 43 more places, Mount St Bernard Abbey (4.3 km) first on our list.

Where

In Coalville

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Coalville

Inside Coalville

Snibston Colliery Park is inside Coalville’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

From June to September, Coalville sees highs of 18–21°C.

Jan7° / 1°65 mm

Feb7° / 1°55 mm

Mar10° / 2°53 mm

Apr13° / 4°57 mm

May16° / 6°60 mm

Jun19° / 9°76 mm

Jul21° / 11°75 mm

Aug21° / 11°72 mm

Sep18° / 9°66 mm

Oct14° / 7°82 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec7° / 1°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Coalville, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Coalville. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Coalville’s full climate →

About

Snibston Colliery Park

Museum: history.

In Coalville, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Coalville

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Snibston Colliery Park

Numbered points are the places near Snibston Colliery Park, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Towns that list Snibston Colliery Park

By population, Coalville leads the 8 with 21,975. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Coalville

21,975 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km south of it

Hugglescote

4,630 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Ravenstone

1,882 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km north of it

Swannington

789 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Snibston Colliery Park is	People	Places to visit
Coalville	It’s in town	21,975	5
Hugglescote	1.1 km south of it	4,630	4
Ravenstone	1.1 km southwest of it	1,882	5
Swannington	1.1 km north of it	789	5
Whitwick	1.2 km northeast of it	10,455	4
Ellistown	2.2 km south of it	2,971	4
Ibstock	2.9 km south of it	6,806	3
Coleorton	3 km north of it	331	6

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km you can add 3 castles, 2 abbeys or priories and a museum.

Abbey or prioryMount St Bernard Abbey4.3 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageAshby de la Zouch Castle6.2 km away 3

CastleMelbourne Castle11 km away 4

Abbey or priory · National TrustCalke Abbey9.6 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageKirby Muxloe Castle14 km away 6MuseumMuseumDonington-le-Heath Manor House1.8 km away 7

GardenBradgate Park11 km away 8

Historic houseMelbourne Hall11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Snibston Colliery Park

Where is Snibston Colliery Park?

Snibston Colliery Park is in Coalville, Leicestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Snibston Colliery Park?

Museum: history.

When is the best time to visit Snibston Colliery Park?

June to September are the warmest months in Coalville, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Snibston Colliery Park?

Within 15 km: Mount St Bernard Abbey (4.3 km), Ashby de la Zouch Castle (6.2 km), Melbourne Castle (11 km) and Calke Abbey (9.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Mount St Bernard Abbey: Gtatler at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ashby de la Zouch Castle: Pahazzard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Calke Abbey: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirby Muxloe Castle: en:User:Neddyseagoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradgate Park: Duncharris, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Hall: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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